page_title: Open Database License
hierarchical_section_title: Open Database License
caption_attribution_description: English: Open Database License (ODbL) summary icons from OKFN. You are free: To Share, To Create, To Adapt; As long as you: Attribute, Share-Alike, Keep open. Disclaimer from [1]: This is not a license. It is simply a handy reference for understanding the ODbL 1.0 — it is a human-readable expression of some of its key terms. This document has no legal value, and its contents do not appear in the actual license. Read the full ODbL 1.0 license text for the exact terms that apply.
context_page_description: The Open Database License is a copyleft license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use a database while maintaining this same freedom for others.
  ODbL is published by Open Data Commons, part of Open Knowledge International.
  The ODbL was created with the goal of allowing users to share their data freely without worrying about problems relating to copyright or ownership. It allows users to make free use of the data in the database without worrying about copyright of the creators, and add to the data or use in other databases. The license establishes the rights of users of the database, as well as the correct procedure for attributing credit where credit is due for the data, and how to make changes or improvements in the data, thus simplifying the sharing and comparison of data. Users no longer need to worry of repercussions of violations of copyright law or stolen information when using an Open Database License.
context_section_description: The Open Database License (ODbL) is a copyleft ("share alike") license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use a database while maintaining this same freedom for others.
  ODbL is published by Open Data Commons (see also Open Data), part of Open Knowledge International (was Foundation).
  The ODbL was created with the goal of allowing users to share their data freely without worrying about problems relating to copyright or ownership. It allows users to make free use of the data in the database without worrying about copyright of the creators, and add to the data or use in other databases. The license establishes the rights of users of the database, as well as the correct procedure for attributing credit where credit is due for the data, and how to make changes or improvements in the data, thus simplifying the sharing and comparison of data. Users no longer need to worry of repercussions of violations of copyright law or stolen information when using an Open Database License.
caption: ODbL summary icons:
   You are free: To Share, To Create, To Adapt; 
   As long as you: Attribute, Share-Alike, Keep open.[1]
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